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Definition sax

Etymology 1

From Middle English sax, sex, from Old English seax (“a knife, hip-knife, an instrument for cutting, a short sword, dirk, dagger”), from Proto-Germanic *sahs? (“stone chip, knife”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”). Cognate with North Frisian sax (“knife, sword”), Middle Dutch sas (“knife”), Middle Low German sax (“knife”), Middle High German sahs (“a knife”), Danish saks (“a pair of scissors”), Swedish sax (“a pair of scissors”), Icelandic sax (“a short heavy sword”), Latin sec? (“cut”). See also Saxon, saw.

Noun

sax (plural saxes)

  1. A slate-cutter's hammer; slate-ax.
  2. (obsolete) A knife or sword; a dagger about 20 inches in length.
Verb

sax (third-person singular simple present saxes, present participle saxing, simple past and past participle saxed)

  1. (transitive, Britain dialectal) To cut or slash with a sharp instrument; incise; scarify.

Etymology 2

Clipping of saxophone. Distantly related to etymology 1 above, because the “Sax” surname is a cognate.

Noun

sax (plural saxes)

  1. Clipping of saxophone.

Results 437 Words with the letters SAX

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9 letter words with the letters SAX 
8 letter words with the letters SAX 
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6 letter words with the letters SAX 
APEXES 16
AUSPEX 17
AUXINS 15
AXIOMS 16
AXIONS 14
AXISED 14
AXISES 13
AXITES 13
AXONES 14
AXSEED 14
CALXES 17
COAXES 16
EXACTS 16
EXALTS 14
EXPATS 16
EXTRAS 13
FLAXES 17
HEXADS 16
HOAXES 15
IXORAS 13
LAXEST 14
MASTIX 16
MAXIMS 19
OXALIS 14
PRAXES 16
PRAXIS 16
SAXONY 16
SEXTAN 14
SEXUAL 15
SMILAX 17
SPADIX 17
STORAX 13
STYRAX 15
SURTAX 14
SYNTAX 16
TAXERS 13
TAXIES 13
TAXONS 14
WAXERS 16
XENIAS 14
XYLANS 17
5 letter words with the letters SAX 
AXELS 13
AXILS 13
AXLES 13
AXONS 13
EXAMS 15
FAXES 15
IXIAS 12
MAXES 15
MAXIS 15
MOXAS 15
PAXES 15
RAXES 12
SAXES 12
TAXES 12
TAXIS 12
TAXUS 13
TEXAS 12
WAXES 15
ZAXES 21
4 letter words with the letters SAX 
AXES 11
AXIS 11
3 letter words with the letters SAX 
SAX 10
2 letter words with the letters SAX 
AS 2
AX 9

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